London art market woos ‘uber-collectors’ to buoy summer sales – the auction action is about to begin in London … will they be able to beat last years total of just over $1B?  

LS Lowry: the people’s artist comes in from the cold – an interesting article on the upcoming show at the Tate Britain which opens on June 26 and runs through October 20.  Included is a short biography on the artist.  

British art to take over billboards in plan to make UK world’s largest gallery – now this is a great idea.  The public gets to vote on their favorite works (50 in all) and the winners will be reproduced on 15,000 … More…

Minneapolis Museum Gets Major Collection of Japanese Art – through a combined gift/purchase, the Willard & Elizabeth Clark collection of almost 1700 works will now become part of the museum’s collection.  On October 6 the museum will open: “The Audacious Eye: … More…

Orientalist Paintings and Art Deco Antiques – the Orientalist collection will be sold in Paris on June 20th … from the catalog it looks like a very interesting sale, but the question is: will all of those works find buyers?  We … More…

Man whose art was stolen admits coercion – Anthony Shaia, in an attempt to recover his stolen Southeast Asian art collection, learned the hard way that taking the law into your own hands is better left to law enforcement.   … More…

Corcoran’s Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet breaks world record at Auction – While not a ‘work of art’ in the normal use of this term, one would be hard pressed not to call this Persian carpet a work of art.  Estimate to bring … More…